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woollywooloo's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
sunshine_day's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
peastomatoescukes's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
macthekat's review
3.5
So this was not what i thought it would be. Please read the content warnings very carefully
KEY WORDS: SLAVERY, EMPIRE, TRAUMA, LOVE
REVIEW: So this book was not at all what I thought I was going to read. I was here for some dark romance with chains and instead. I got a story about enduring slavery and finding love and healing in unlikely places. The story. Somehow have both insta-love and is a slow-burn is the protagonist (who is chained, enslaved and mute. for most of the book) learn to trust the five men she has been given to. The story is very much about power, powerlessness and healing from hape. It is also a story about trust and love I was not really interested in the romance, but the world and wider plot made me pick up the next one.
It ends on a cliffhanger
KEY WORDS: SLAVERY, EMPIRE, TRAUMA, LOVE
REVIEW: So this book was not at all what I thought I was going to read. I was here for some dark romance with chains and instead. I got a story about enduring slavery and finding love and healing in unlikely places. The story. Somehow have both insta-love and is a slow-burn is the protagonist (who is chained, enslaved and mute. for most of the book) learn to trust the five men she has been given to. The story is very much about power, powerlessness and healing from hape. It is also a story about trust and love I was not really interested in the romance, but the world and wider plot made me pick up the next one.
It ends on a cliffhanger
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
5.0
I'm not entirely sure why I said yes when I was offerend this arc. The cover of course looks amazing, as most self-pub covers do, but the summary didn't really sound entirely as my thing. And yet, yet I grew curious. I grew curious about the world, where this story would go and I already read other books by Sinclair and liked those. So, eventually I decided that I was most likely gonna regret not getting it. It turns out I was right.
This book was amazing from the very first page until the very last. The atmosphere and the world were so incredibly well done, especially because Sinclair never loses herself in explanations or lengthy descriptions. She simply lets us experience the world. That means that in the beginning it's hard to follow what all the strange terms mean, but the more familiar with the world I got, the more all those terms started to make sense.
It's clear that this world has a rich mythology and an amazing history. Since the characters in this book were mostly traveling around looking for a magical artefact we learned quite a lot about said history and we got to see a lot of magical places. However, it still feels like there is a lot more to discover. It feels as if there is much more world to discover, much more Gods to get to know and much more culture to explore. I can't wait to do so in the next book!
And even though it feels like we don't know all the main characters that well either, it also feels like they've become very close friends to me. It's hard to explain. It's a feeling. The feeling that those guys can be trusted, that they each have been through quite a lot of pain, that they have so much more to show and tell us, but didn't dare yet. The same can be said about our heroine. And yet I love them and root for them to find a way to change this world and make it a better place.
This book was amazing from the very first page until the very last. The atmosphere and the world were so incredibly well done, especially because Sinclair never loses herself in explanations or lengthy descriptions. She simply lets us experience the world. That means that in the beginning it's hard to follow what all the strange terms mean, but the more familiar with the world I got, the more all those terms started to make sense.
It's clear that this world has a rich mythology and an amazing history. Since the characters in this book were mostly traveling around looking for a magical artefact we learned quite a lot about said history and we got to see a lot of magical places. However, it still feels like there is a lot more to discover. It feels as if there is much more world to discover, much more Gods to get to know and much more culture to explore. I can't wait to do so in the next book!
And even though it feels like we don't know all the main characters that well either, it also feels like they've become very close friends to me. It's hard to explain. It's a feeling. The feeling that those guys can be trusted, that they each have been through quite a lot of pain, that they have so much more to show and tell us, but didn't dare yet. The same can be said about our heroine. And yet I love them and root for them to find a way to change this world and make it a better place.
angepants's review against another edition
5.0
This fantasy RH got me in its grips straight away and I could not put it down. The world building was simply amazing, the characters and their back stories were incredible, heartbreaking and captivating. I loved the idea of magic users having an inert to ground them, the whole slavery aspect - which was horrific and gave the FMC such an awful life but oh the strength that she shows, the moments of bliss! I cannot wait to see what happens next and if you love fantasy books, then this will blow your mind, I am in awe of the amount of work it would take to create this story!
obsessiveaddictedreader's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
la_vampiresa's review
5.0
I have to admit, this is my very first story by Devyn Sinclair...and my, my did it blow me away!!! Conquered is the first book in the Inertia series. This was such an amazing story! The world building and character development was completely phenomenal. Safiya had such a rough life and has been through so much trauma. Since she was an inertia, she was viewed as a lower life form, a slave, that is viewed as property and not an equal. She's been beaten, broken, abused for a very long time. It's completely heartbreaking. Not gonna lie, I teared up a couple of times. Her men, the Lorem, swoop in to save and protect her. I mean, who WOULDN'T want five hunky men to be there for you. Anyways, I'm definitely invested and hooked. I can't wait to read more!!
evi0603's review against another edition
2.0
DNF at 30%
I was interested because of the blurb. I expected it to be much darker. You know, with her being a chained slave that could not speak and all.
But the story did not deliver. The book starts with her being handed to the Lorem and they’re very nice to her from the start. We read none of the horrible things that she endured. This made the shift from “horrible past” to “oh wow these people aren’t dicks” barely noticeable, even though that was very important to the fmc.
The five love interests are very bland and almost immediately into her. I could not care less about any of them. I wanted to like them and the book, but it just wasn’t working for me.
I skipped ahead to see if the dudes at one point take away the magic to make sure she can speak. They do, but then they also put it back the next morning when they have to move again. Even though she begs one of the dudes to not do it and to leave her chains off. He just sighs and still does it.
I just wasn’t feeling the romance or the characters at all.
I will not be reading the rest of this series and I don’t recommend you read this book.
I was interested because of the blurb. I expected it to be much darker. You know, with her being a chained slave that could not speak and all.
But the story did not deliver. The book starts with her being handed to the Lorem and they’re very nice to her from the start. We read none of the horrible things that she endured. This made the shift from “horrible past” to “oh wow these people aren’t dicks” barely noticeable, even though that was very important to the fmc.
The five love interests are very bland and almost immediately into her. I could not care less about any of them. I wanted to like them and the book, but it just wasn’t working for me.
I skipped ahead to see if the dudes at one point take away the magic to make sure she can speak. They do, but then they also put it back the next morning when they have to move again. Even though she begs one of the dudes to not do it and to leave her chains off. He just sighs and still does it.
I just wasn’t feeling the romance or the characters at all.
I will not be reading the rest of this series and I don’t recommend you read this book.